Hackers Focus on Customers

Basically it says that it’s very important to focus on making a product your customers ask for rather than trying to make the “Super Product” that you have envisioned. This involves short development cycles and mega tons of customer feedback.

The ending quote is great.

“It’s worth trying very, very hard to make technology easy to use. Hackers are so used to computers that they have no idea how horrifying software seems to normal people. Stephen Hawking’s editor told him that every equation he included in his book would cut sales in half. When you work on making technology easier to use, you’re riding that curve up instead of down. A 10% improvement in ease of use doesn’t just increase your sales 10%. It’s more likely to double your sales.” –Paul Graham